Sewing-awl.



J. N. HILL.

SEWING AWLl APPLICATION FILED JULY 24, 1909.

95 3g@ l 8 Patented Mar. 29, 1910.

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JASPER N. HLL, OF VATEBLGG, WEST VRGINE, ASSG-NR OF ONE-T-IRE 'ICG A. VJ. RIFELE AND ONE-THIRD TG H. '53. STEVJET, BQTE GF LEGE, WEST VESLGNLL.

To all 'whom it may concern:

Be it known that l, Jixsrnn N. Hna., a citizen of the United States residing at ltlaterloo7 in the county of Mason and State of West Virginia, have invented new and useful improvements in Sewing-Ande, of which the following is a specilication.

This invention relates to improvements in sewing awls, the object of the invention being to provide an awl having a piercing member for use in conjunction with the needle for the formation of a hole in the goods in advance of the point of passage of the needle to admit of the ready insertion of the needle through the goods at such advance point, which piercing member is adapted to be disposed at a greater or less distance from the needle to regulate the length of the stitch.

A. further object. of the invention .is to provide an awl having' a hooked needle forming a member to engage and hold the thread during its passage through the goods, together with a slide operative to open and close the hook thereof, the construction being such that the awl may be employed for making a lock stitch looped on both sides of the goods or making the usual hand stitch.

The invention consists of the features of construction. combination and arrangement of parts hereinafter fully described and claimed, reference heine' had to the accompanying drawing, in which* Figure l is a perspective View of an awl embodying my inventioin showing the slide projected to close the hook of the tln'eading needle. Fig. is a. longitudinal section of the saine. Fig. is a Verticzl cross section on line 3 3 of F 2. Fig. lis a. bottom plan view of the upper section of the chuck or holder, showing the arrangementl of the tools therein. Fig. 5 is a top plan view of the lower section of the chuck or holder. ilig. 6 is a detail section on line (3 6 of Fig. et.

Referring to the drawings7 the numeral l designates the handle of the awl provided at its forward end with a receiving socket. 2 formed in its upper wall with a longitudinal slot The forward end of the socket terminates in a reduced threaded projection 4t.

A. chuck or holder 5 is provided to lit within the socket 2 and is composed of two partially circular sections t) and 'ij the upper section t3 beino Specification of Letters atent.. y'gdgg@ ppal- 25595 giga Application filed J'uly 24, 1959.

Serial No. 509,282.

g formed on its convex face with a tongue or rib 8 to nt within the slot 3 and hold the chuck or holder from rotary movement in the socket..

The two chuck sections are formed with flat meeting or abutting faces 9 and l0, the

itat face of lthe upper section t3 being provided with. longitudinal groove or pas` sage l1 of sutlicient length to receive the shank of a threading needle l2 and a slide rlie needle 12 is formed at its outer end with a thread engaging and carrying hook lei-2 providing an opening l5 for the passage of the thread. rihe shanks of the two tools thus described are angular in form and engae'e each other so as to be held from possible turning movement in the groove ll. rEhe forward end of the slide 1.3 is adapted to engage the bill the hoek 11i to close the thread passage or eye l5 for the retention of the thread and ready passage of said needle through the goods without displacing the thread. rihe face 9 of the chuck section 6 is also formed with a short receiving groeve 1G for the shank of a piercing needle 17, which needle is offset from one side of tl e "forward end of said shank and arranged atan obtuse angle thereto. rEhe needle l? extends alongside the thread ing needle and slide with its point arranged in spaced relation to the hook le, so that in the use of the tool the hook carrying the thread may be forced through a hole in the goods previouslyvv formed by the piercing needle, wiiile in this operation said piercing needle will form another hole in advanee for the subsequent passage of the threading needle. The ott'set arrangement of the piercing needle with relation to its shank adapts it by a reversal of its position through a turning movement in an arc of 180O to be spaced at a greater or less distance from the threading needle for the formation of stitches varying in length, as

will be readily understood.

rhe under side of the shank of the threading needle is formed with a V-shaped recess 18 to engage a eorresjondingly shaped locking projection 19 on the face 10 of the chuck section 7, whereby the threading needle may be held from longitudinal movement.. Similarly the shank of the piercing needle 17 is provided in its reverse sides or top and bottoni faces 'with r cesses 2O and 21 to engage a locking projection 22 on the chuck duced cylindrical portion t0 lit Within the correspondingly shaped socket of a cap 223 having a threaded flange at its inner end to engage the threaded projection el of the handle, whereby the chuck is secured in podle, a pivot-ally mounted member i'or opersition.

rlhe shank et the slide 1B is 'formed on its upper surface with spaced lugs or projections 2li ivhich project into a groove 25 in the chuck section G and receive between 'f them a stem or linger 2o projecting from an operating yoke or device 2T, said operating device being arranged above the rib S i of the chuck, While said stem extends dovvnivard through an opening therein and is pivotally mounted upon a pivot pin QS carried by the chuck. rlhe operating device 2T j is forked or yoke shaped so as to receive and engage the thumb and is adapted to be i rec red longitudinally7 of the handle to proect and retract the slide to close and o )en i vice ivhen the latter is tilted rearwardly to i lock the slide in projected position.

From the foregoing description, it will be seen that the needles and slide are mounted upon a sectional chuck which may be readily removed to permit of the application of tool members of dillerent sizes and of the substitution of neiv ones for old ones vvlien occasion requires. It ivill be apparent also that the slide may be projected to close the eye oi the threading needle While the latter is being passed through the goods. lt vvill be further apparent. that the invention providesl a piercing needle Which may be used to 'torni the succeeding thread passage in the goods simultaneously with the operation olf passing the thread through the goods, and that this i needle ma i be ad'usted to regulate the lenO'th essere of the stitches. By the construction described ordinary hand stitching may be closely simulated, or a lock stitch may be formed with loops on both sides or' the goods, as xvill be readily understood.

l claim l. An aivl comprising a handle, a hooked threading needle mounted thereon, a slide tor opening and closing the eye et' the neeating said slide, and a pivotally mounted latch for engaging and locking said member in slide projecting position.

ilin aivl comprising a handle, a hooked threading needle mounted thereon, a slide for opening and closing the eye otl the needle, a yoke having a stem pivotally mounted on the handle and provided ivith a bearing shoulder, and a pivoted latch member having a projection to engage under said shoulder i'ior locking the member in slide projecting position.

3. Ein aWl comprising a handle, a hooked threading needle mounted thereon, a slide tor opening and closing the eye of the needle, said slide having spaced lugs, an operating member having a stem pivotally mounted on the handle and engaging said lugs, and means for locking said member in slide projecting position.

i. Qin awl comprising a handle, a longitudinally divided chuck mounted therein, the chuck sections being termed in their meeting laces with recesses providing spaced passages, a sewing needle having a shank detachably held in one et said passages, a piercing needle having a shank iitted in the other passage, said needle being offset from its shank so that by reversing its position it may be spaced a greater or less distance from the threading needle, and means tor securing said piercing needle against displacemeatin either of its positions.

In testimony Whereotl l aliix my signature in presence of tvvo witnesses.

JASPER N. HiLL. lYitnesses A. lV. Birnen, H. T. STEWART. 

